Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
CUSTER CHRONICLE.
Omcial Paper Of Custer County.

at Fred H~eldeprlem'S.
Sturgis expects to have her street rail
way in operation by February lst.
The Star notes the fact Of a bank
being one of the long felt wants Of the
Hot Springs.
Sioux City Gold Dust -four, the best
-four in Custer county, $3.50 per 100 lbs
at Cochran's.
Messrs. Wood & Co. are placing a new
Buffalo Hay scale in front Of their feed
mill on Custer Avenue.
Booth a. Webster's for low prices.
GRADUATED suger, IL fos for $1.00, and
all ether sugars at proportionately low
prices.
Attorney Reynolds new residence
being erected on his ranch south Of
town is fast approaching completion.
Mrs. Mitchell is now displaying her
new and elegant stock of millinery goods
at Dickson's. Call and examine the
new styles.
The Golden Summit is still operating
fifteen stamps. The plates are said to
show well, and a good clean up is con-
fdently expected.
Sioux City Standard -four, $50 per
100 lbs. All other goods at correspond
log low prices at Cochrau's.
James Lunger has greatly improved
the appearance of his dwelling on Gus.
ter avenue this week by a judicious
application of paint.
Assaying done at Booth & Webster's
Gold, $ 800 silver, $l.00; gold and sll
yer, $l.50; copper s. .50; tin Sl.00; nicke.
$500.
MI. NJ. Mclaughlin is erecting a com
Portable and commodious residence
upon his ranch near Calamity bar, three
miles west of this place.
Cochran again to the front 113 fbs
g~ranulated sugar for $l.00, the cheapest
house in the Black Hills.
The Grand Army Dramatic compan,
have in rehearsal several dramas which
will be pnt on the boards during tht
June term of court in this city.
The Methodist Episcopal Sabbath
School of this city will observe "Chil,
drens Day" on the 18th of June with in.
teresting and appropriate services.
James Scott of this place has com.
pleted and now, with his family, occu
pies his new residence upon his ranch
near the northern limits Of the city.
A fine shower of rain on Thursda,
night, followed by warm temperature
made yesterday n of the best CROWN;
days ever experienced in this section.
Odo Reder lost q valuable mare OF
Thursday, the result Of drinking toe
much cold water when heated. Tn,
animal only survived the cold draugh
ten minutes.
This place was visited by a moderat,
hail storm on Sunday, which by reason
Of its limited duration and the fin,
character of the hail, resulted in littl,
or no damage to the growing crops.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will give an Ice Cream festival on Mon
day evening, May 30th. The place FOL
holding the same has not yet been an
%nounced, but viii be named in our mex
issue.
Father Mahoney, of Rapid City, will
celebrate mas at the court house hal
on Sunday, May Goth, at 10 O'Clock a. m
He will also deliver a free lecture i n the
evening at s o'clock, to which all are
invited.
The Hotel Harvey, Rapid City's NAM
moth hostelry, has been leased to J.. r.
Brennan, Rapids City's veteran hotel
man, for a term of five years. Mr.. L.
will 60 east in a few days to purchase
furniture for the house.
Attention is called to the notice ofthe
Board of Trustees Of the Dakota School
of Mines, asking for proposals for the
construction of the Metallurgical La
boratory at Rapid City, which appears
in this issue Of the CHRONICLE.
Two placer prospectors came in on
Thursday with $685. in gold, which
was the result Of two days work on a
claim recently discovered somewhere in
this vicinity, the exact location of
which they refused to make known.
Rapid City is called upon TO subscribe
$4,000 to aid in the construction Of her
first marrow gauge, the Rapid City
Wyoming and Western, and the full
amount has been promptly raised.
When Rapid wants anything she buys
1t.
Lee, the colored man committed to
Jail in this place from Hot Springs upon
the charge o fgrand larceny was relieved
from custody this week, having sue
ceeded in procuring bonds for his ap-